The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-06-23

past two ye4rs--Or0nQe CJy ltW<S
The canal connecting East Tohopekaliga
and Big Tohopekaliga ID being made four feet
deeper and twenty feet wider. A large number
of hands are employed In doing the work
Orlando Sentinel
ID. Redmond, Esq, is connected with the
Jacksonville Tescs- Herald as agricultural editor,
and in euch capacity will add value to thai jour
nal He has long ranked among the best agr-
cultural writers OF the South.
Judge A. o. Wright is now OF the editorial
staff of the Jacksonville News- Herald, and we
congratulate all concerned-the owners and the
readers He is q scholar, q philosopher, hui
mOrisi, journalist and gentleman.
General Fairchild made very good record
IN the war, and be is an orator Of no mean abil-
iiy He will, however. be known hereafter as
the gentleman who carries about with him three
kinds of palsy and a blood shir--N. 7. Herald
President Cleveland. whose oral permission
for the return of captured battle flags had been
obtained by misrepresentation, promptly re-
voked the orders, because Congress alone has the
power to finally dispose of all such relcs.-N
Y Herald
with General W. D. Barnes. Comptroller OF the
State, on Monday last The General is great
favOriie in Jackson county, and we'll does he de-
serve his praise and confdence.-4drIdnnd
TTnges- Courier.
The Lakeland Fsridd Cracker is publishing
history of Polk county. Other counties would
do well to get their early histories into cold type
before the old settlers pass away. great deal
Is lost to history and the world by failure TO DO
this-S,aGe Temperance AHidne:.
The Lakeland FLorido Cracker has begun
the publication OF 81. Riden Haggards new
story, The Witch's Head" and says that it
has secured, at considerable expense, the ex-
elusive right to publish the story in Florida"
This is enterprise, and we hope it will pay
A gang of railroad hands arrived at Indian
Springs on the evening train last Thursday, and
another gang came in yesterday morning
Grading was commenced on the A, +. q A. last
Friday near Dr. Bronson's house. on Lake Jo-
anna The graders ave working toward Indian
SpIings.-lSorTento Press.
The wires last Sunday announced that John
T. G.. Crawford, Esq, of Fort Ogden, Fla, had
been appointed to be Receiver at the Gaines
vile Land Office Mr. Crawford is lawyer,
one Of the editors of the Fort Ogden Nesos, and
is every way qualified for the position de Is
sen of Secretary of State Crawford.
Among the members of the Press Associa-
ton we recognized the veteran agricultural
writer, Dr. D. Redmond, formerly OF Georgia
DIR. Redmond is conceded to be one Of the best
authorities on agricultural matters He is now
connected with that enterprising daily, the
Neacs- HerdL, OF Jackson ille-Fern0ndsn Mr.
rOT.
-Senator William Miller, of Washington
county, is now on a visit to this city, fresh from
his labors in Tallahassee. The General looks
well and hearty, Notwithstanding the long siege
he has gone through. Gen. Miller has done
some good work for the Democratic party during
his sojourn On this globe, and we think it high
time that his services were receiving that recog-
party.-Pensacold PensGcogidn
From every side come the most favorable
reports as 10 the condition of the orange trees in
our section. They are thriving wonderfully, and
little evidence of our last two cold winters may
be found in our groves, save on the lemons and
guaVas Hon. E. s. Grill, State Treasurer, has
just returned to the city from careful inspection
Of bis fine groves in this county, and expresses
himself highly pleased with their condition at
present and the magnificent growth made dur
ing the past season.-Paldtka Neaos.
w. s. Webb is here interviewing the busi-
ness men of Orlando relative TO the part they
Will take in the proposed exhibit Of Florida on
Wheela" His car is in process of construction,
and will be ready for the road about September
! next, when he proposes to set cut with it on
tour of the North, arranging his route 30 IS to
catch the leading State fairs, where the Florida
exhibit will present the leading attraction. As
an advertisement Of the State It will be unri-
vailed, and for this reason We bespeak for Mr.
Webb large amount Of substantial encourage
ment.-OrEand0 Reporter.
We heard a man say not long since that
the Democrat didn't blow enough" He abso-
lutely made rs blush. The ideal Why that
man is insatiate. Great Scott Dont't blow
enoughl Jerusalem does the fellsw take us to be
made entirely Of gasi Why, We blow, and
blow, and eat wind and boom and boom, until
we even startle the msuldering dead We sound
our fog horn, beat the fuzy-tuzzy, and rattle
Inc new gag Ii ucuoh "a G1AHufiu&o, uHsIi tnC
air grows thick. And yet this cormorant bowls
for more.-Bdin5ridge Democrat
Cedar Key is making preparation to cele-
brate the glorious Fourth In grand style. A re-
gatia will be held, In which all the fast sailing
craft Of the Gulf coast will participate-some
twentY-odd entries having already been made.
Excursion trains will be run, leaving Gainesville
In The morning and returning in the evening.
and the rate will be placed 10 lew that all can
take in the festivities of the occasion. The Str.
Gov. Stafford will carry the excursionsts out to
the bar, and give them . sniff OF healthy sea air.
II promises 70 be the grandest affair Of the sea-
son--Bronson Times
The Atlanta OonsEStutio1 reports Q Georgia
gentleman - saying: 4" can take forty jersey
cattle on . good farm and make more money
than any other farmer ever made with forty ne
gro slaves On the same land. A man who owns
herd Of registered Jeneys, and Georgia farm,
lsricher than the man who owned the same num-
ber Of slaves before the war; II every slave freed
In Georgia" said he, warming with the subject,
was replaced to-day with . good Jersey. In len
yesrs Georgia would be richer than she would
have been If the emancipation proclamation had
never been written"
The James Brothers, Of Atlanta, will begin
The grading on the Georgia Southern and Flor
Ida Railroad 90 soon - they can get ready.
Some time between new and July / work will
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